Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

盲: blind, blind man

Also: ignoramus

JLPT N18 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

目 carries the meaning · 亡 gives the sound

8 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

モウmou · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 盲人もうじんblind person
  • 盲目もうもくblindness
  • 盲点もうてんblind spot (on the retina)
  • 盲腸もうちょうcecum; caecum; blind gut
  • 盲導犬もうどうけん
  • 盲学校もうがっこうschool for the blind

Also read めくら, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“See the world through this upright window! This is an eye standing tall.”
More in the 目 eye story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
亡

Also built on deceased (亡)

The 亡 family reads ボウ (bou); 盲 is read モウ.

目

Also built on eye (目)

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Also read モウ

11 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
盲 blind · 亡
vs直 straightaway · 十
盲 has 亡 where 直 has 十.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · máng

Same form: 盲 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
盲 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
盲 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin máng most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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